The Farmhouse- The Kremlin Background: The Kremlin
First mentioned in records from the year 1147.
Originally documented under the control of Great Prince Yuri of Kiev
The name Kremlin directly means "fortress".
Housed the Russian Czars and prominent figures in the Russian Orthodox Church
Completely rebuilt through 1485 to 1495
In the early 1900s the Soviet government closed to Kremlin to everybody except for those who lived and worked there.
Reopen to the public in 1955
The Kremlin now acts as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia
Comparing the Farmhouse and the Kremlin
The Farmhouse
The Kremlin
Originally housed the Jones family, leaders of Manor Farm
Originally housed the Czars, leaders of Russia
When the Jones’ are forced from the Manor Farm, the animals make the farmhouse into a museum
After the Russian Revolution, that chased out the Czars, the Kremlin was decided to be kept as a museum
Once Napoleon comes into power he takes up his residency in the farmhouse
Joseph Stalin makes the Kremlin his home when he becomes the leader of Russia
The farmhouse is only open to the pigs
Soviet leaders of Russia were the only ones allowed in the Kremlin under Stalin's control
Quotations on the Farmhouse
"They tiptoed from room to room, afraid to speak above a whisper and gazing with a kind of awe at the unbelievable luxury, at the beds with their feather mattresses, the looking-glasses, the horsehair sofa, the Brussels carpet, the lithograph of Queen Victoria over the drawing-room mantelpiece."
This quote shows the immense luxury of the residence of the Jones' who represent the Czars. The Czars lived in great luxury while the Russian people suffered.
"A unanimous resolution was passes on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum. All were agreed that no animal must ever live there."
The animals decided to keep the farmhouse as a museum, just as the people of Russia decided to make the Kremlin a museum after chasing out the Czars.
"It was absolutely necessary, he said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in. It was also more suited to the dignity of the leader (for of late he had taken to speaking of Napoleon under the title of "Leader") to live in a house than a mere sty."
This displays that the pigs now have moved their residence into the farmhouse against the idea that it would be kept a s a museum just as Joseph Stalin made the Kremlin his residence.
The Farmhouse- The Kremlin
Background: The Kremlin
Comparing the Farmhouse and the Kremlin
Quotations on the Farmhouse
Refernce
(2002). The history of the Moscow Kremlin. Retrieved from http://www.kreml.ru/en/history/kremlin/
Orwell, G. (1946). Animal Farm. New York: A New American Library.
Smith, S.E. (09 September, 2010). What Is the Kremlin? Retrieved from
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-kremlin.htm
Image Source
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